Effectiveness of matched, mismatched, and package treatments of depression.

Full Abstract

The three purposes of this study were: (a) to determine if treatment that is matched to a depressed subject's problematic behavioral response class (irrational cognitions, social skills problems, few pleasant events) is more effective in alleviating depression than is mismatched treatment; (b) to determine if a package treatment is as effective as or more effective than a matched treatment and more effective than a mismatched treatment in alleviating depression; and (c) to determine if a specific treatment produces more changes in its logically-related response class than in logically-unrelated response classes. Nine depressed women were assigned to one of three multiple baseline designs across subjects; subjects in each design received, respectively, matched, mismatched, or a package treatment. Results strengthened two hypotheses, that matched treatment and package treatment are both effective in alleviating depression. Specific treatments did not, however, differentially affect their logically-related response classes.

Author information

Author/s: Nelson-Gray, R O (RO); Herbert, J D (JD); Herbert, D L (DL); Sigmon, S T (ST); Brannon, S E (SE);

Affiliation: Psychology Department, University of North Carolina, Greensboro 27412-5001.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Journal of behavior therapy and experimental psychiatry (J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry), published in UNITED STATES. (Language: eng)

Reference: 1989-Dec; vol 20 (issue 4) : pp 281-94

Dates: Created 1990/06/27; Completed 1990/06/27; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 2636233, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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